Snow: "Hundreds of hearings that have produced bupkis"

[deminks]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/25/laid-a-glove-on-gonzo/

Despite Congress’ Thrashing Of Gonzales, Snow Claims Nobody ‘Really Laid A Glove On Him’

During the White press briefing today, a reporter asked press secretary Tony Snow whether Alberto Gonzales had lost his “credibility” due to his apparently misleading testimony to Congress. Snow said he hadn’t, claiming “nobody’s really laid a glove” on the Attorney General yet:

QUESTION: But has it reached the point for the attorney general to — he’s lost his effectiveness and his credibility?

SNOW: Well, you know, what’s interesting is that there have been all these hearings on the attorney general and yet nobody’s really laid a glove on him. <…> At this point, we have hundreds of hearings that have produced bupkis.

Snow is dead wrong. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ multiple appearances before Congress have left his reputation in tatters. Sen. Patrick Leahy said, “I don’t trust you.” Sen. Arlen Specter said, “I do not find your testimony credible.” The Washington Post writes, “At what point does someone lose so much credibility that he should no longer serve in public office?”

[ixion]

well, gee, Tony, if you and your thugs would stop lying or saying "I don't recall"

maybe we'd get somewhere. :eyes:

[pinkpops]

1. black IS white you know... P.S. impeach Alberto

[Solly Mack]

2. "...nobody’s really laid a glove on him" Sounds like a dare to me

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. Oh, Tony, how you longed to use that term. Your dream has come true.

Could you please f***ing leave? Now? MKJ

[Disturbed]

8. In order to prove certain allegations documents must be in

hand. The Busholini Regime has refused to turn over relevant documents. Congress has not seized the documents and emails. I believe that Congress could have done so but for reasons I cannot figure out they have not done so.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

14. "We, the people" are leaving them in the dust. They don't know what hit them.

Did they harbor illusions that they could quell the furies until 2008? :shrug: MKJ

[AndyA]

4. Message to Tony Snow: Take a look in the mirror to see what your lies

have done to you.

Is protecting Bushco really worth the price you're paying? Your job can't be good for you. Tell the truth for a change. It will help.

Do you even know what the truth is? Did you ever?

[Fridays Child]

5. But Bush, Gonzo, and all of the others have not even been slowed down...

...in their destruction of this democracy. Sorry but Tony Snowjob is right.

[malaise]

6. Tell Tony to go home to his family

and seek some peace.

[depakid]

7. Tony's only daring the cowardly to do something meaningful about it

and he's confident that they won't.

Considering the past 7 years, history's on his side.

[treestar]

9. Yeah, asshole, because that's not the way you guys would handle it

Within the bounds of the law.

Snow is on the side that doing this crap and now he's crowing about the system being used to take it down? Maybe Congerss should just go after them all with guns. That would get their attention and bring their respect! Because the law sure doesn't!

[Cass]

10. If witnesses blow off subpeonas or are less than truthful in their testimony

then the committee gets 'bupkis'. As for Gonzales didn't do himself any favors in the credibility department from the portion of the hearings I've seen. He came across as a very noncredible witness with lots to hide.

BTW, deminks, your Baghdad Bob graphic is so appropo for Snow's comments on this matter!

[Swamp Rat]

11. Bend over Tony

[eleny]

12. A triple dog dare if I ever saw one!

[scorpiogirl]

13. This makes me crazy!

I am so sick of these fuckers creating their own reality and expecting people to believe them. Worse, actually, is people who do believe them just because they said it and substitute it for their own opinion. My FIL actually told my husband (who's very politically-minded) that he shouldn't believe everything he reads on the internet. My FIL loves Tweety and only gets his info from T.V. Who's more informed do ya think?

[burythehatchet]

16. the only quote you ever needed to read

...According to Mr. Suskind, "The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' " The aide told Mr. Suskind, "That's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act we create our own reality."

[Forkboy]

15. Dead Man Talking

[bemildred]

17. Sorta like the Iraq war, only much shorter time frame. nt

[zbdent]

18. St. Ron ... patron saint of the tax cuts for the wealthy

"There are millions of gun laws on the books ..."

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. LMAO! Sounds like the Clinton years!

But that didn't stop the GOP from impeaching a sitting President, did it? Snow is such a tool! Has he no shame?

[Hekate]

20. Great photo of Baghdad Bob! You beat me to it!

Tony, Tony, Tony. He should be making peace with his maker along about now, but instead he seems determined to fall on the field of political battle, still lying for his Commander in Chief.

Hekate